The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1887-12-23

krronrs from the northern border - -
pan. handle Of Texas end The "puolic
land stripp indicate : doplorable state %
affairs. murder and robbery running rlSe'
DR MACKENZIE viii shortly make an
other examin alton Of tho Grown Princes
throat. The royal sufferer 10 worse
JAS. RAxErx. young Nebraska farmer,
while out hunting in sleigh. On the ldfh.
accidentally discharged both barrels %
his gun into his heart TIE fash caught
his clothing on FIRE and tnrned bic body %
. crisp
LrrRArY. member Of the Hungarian
Parliament, who Was wounded Ia duel
with his brother in-lnw, II dead.
TmR remains Of Charles Fry were found
hanging from tres AZ Natrona. r., ~
an early hour on the morning Of the 18th
Foul play Is suspected and an investiga-
tion was ordered by the coroner.
THK Warren Manufacturing Companys
| elevator, at Warren. Mimi. containing
| $1,000 bushels OF wheat, was burned on
| the night q the 10Th. The elevator and
| contents were valued at $4,000 ana were
| partially insured.
| THE Winnipeg MANI gas works were
burned on the night Of tho l4th; loss,
| <l25,0)0.
TnE Elkhart Qnd.) papsr-paii and the
| Excelsior starch mills were burned 10 the
ground on the 18th. This will throw
about 200 men out Of employment; loss.
/, $4,000
THE barn Of John Becker. in Manor
township, Lancaster County. Pa, was
burned on the night Of the l3th with all
the seasons crop and farm implements.
Thirty-two head OF cattle, Twenty-Five
hogs, five mules and horse were burned
10 death. Loss, $4,000; insured for
$500.
II il reported az Duluth. MIMI, that r
I. Sawyer, secretary OF the Duluth Roll 81
mill, who is now in Washington Territory,
got away with $4,000 OF the company's
money. Sawyer was engaged 70 tht
daughter Of one Of the wealthiest citizens
in st. Paul.
WHILE crossing the Missouri river
twenty miles below Bismark, OAK, on thu
night OF the 18th, family consisting Of
Charles Whalen, wife and daughter, were
drowned. They lost the road and thu
team passed 50 near largo air-hole tina
the ice broke and the animals and people
were lost
THE body Of Jerry White. farmer, wh'
lived near the village Of Flushing, Mich.
| and who mystcriousIy disappeared q few
| weeks ago, was found on tho 14th In
| log heap in the woods, ten miles from hi
home. bearing marks Of violence. ma
named Daniels, who had been negotiating
for the purchase OF Whites farm. ha
been arrested. chargedSwith murder.
II Hox. A. w. MCCLELLAN. Postmaster
: General Of Canada, left Ottawa on th
18th for Washington to conclude I'll
negotiations for tine establishment Of
! parcel post system between the tw
countries
: A LONDON Tunes correspondent Al Par
< repeats the story that NJ. Grevy des troye
r two 81 the Limozin letters. because b
name appeared in them, and says th
' scandal case was dismissed 20 avoid i'm
i pIcating NJ. Grevy.
q THE acting Commissioner Of the Gener'
| Land Office has been notified that III
n United States grand jury at Prescott
d Aria, has indicted John l. Cambridl
, and DR.. Oscar Lincoln. citizens Of Pre-
colt. for perjury and subornation
i perjury in making and procuring illeg
?. entries Of public lands.
g THE grand jury Of Jones County, Ia,
q deep in the investigation Of the allegs
snHifeasance in Office Of F. A. Martin. e
e warden OF the State penitentiary. Thu
D have accumulated mass Of evidence. b
ae found the task one of unexpected magT
fude. 1t il not improbable that an indie
ment will result.
WoxG An HuSo, the Chinaman WI
was convicted in the United States ID
trict Court at San Francisco on the char
4. OF importing Chinese women for immor
- rurposes was sentenced on the 18th
| ten vears, imprison ment in the Caiif0ru